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Student Scholarships and Awards

*October 31—Community-spirit awards: Applications are
due for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by the
Prudential Insurance Co. of America and the National Association of
Secondary School Principals. The annual awards recognize middle-level
and high school students who have demonstrated outstanding initiative
or leadership in their communities. One high school student and one
middle-level student in each state, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico will be named state honorees; each winner will receive
$1,000, a silver medallion, and an expenses-paid trip to Washington.
Ten state winners (five high school and five middle-level students)
will be named national honorees; each of them will receive an
additional $5,000, a gold medal, and a trophy for his or her school.
Contact: NASSP, Department of Student Activities, 1904 Association
Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1537; (703) 860-0200 or (800) 253- 7746; fax
(703) 476-5432; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:
www.prudential.com/community/
spirit.

*Nov. 1—Gardening grants: Applications are due for the
Youth Garden Grants Program, sponsored by the National Gardening
Association. Gardening programs involving at least 15 children ages
3-18 are eligible to win one of 300 grants, each worth more than $750
in tools, seeds, plants, and other garden products. Contact: Garden
Grants Dept., PS, National Gardening Association, 1100 Dorset St.,
South Burlington, VT 05403; (802) 863-5251, ext. 205; Web site:
www.kidsgardening.com.

*Nov. 1—Target scholarships: Applications are due for
the Target All-Around Scholarships, sponsored by Target Corp. High
school seniors and graduates age 24 or younger are eligible to apply.
Selection criteria include volunteer and community service. Five
students will receive $10,000 each; more than 1,900 will win $1,000.
Applications are available at Target stores. Contact: Target All-Around
Scholarship Program, (800) 316-6142; Web site: www.target.com.

*Nov. 12—Art exhibit: Applications are due for entrants
in the 30th International Children's Art Exhibition, sponsored by
Pentel of America Ltd. Applicants must have been between the ages of 3
and 15 on Jan. 1, 2000. They must submit entry forms and
two-dimensional drawings, paintings, collages, or woodcut designs.
Contact: ICAE Coordinator, ICAE, Pentel of America Ltd., 2805 Columbia
St., Torrance, CA 90509; (800) 421-1419, ext. 269; Web site: www.pentel.com.

*Nov. 24—Photography contest: Applications are due for
the Environmental Education Photo Contest, sponsored by the LaMotte
Co., a provider of environmental education equipment. Students will be
awarded free equipment for their schools or other educational programs.
Students or teachers must submit photographs showing students working
with LaMotte testing equipment, and entries must include a brief
description of how students use the equipment. First-, second-, and
third-prize winners will be awarded merchandise certificates worth
$500, $250, and $100, respectively; honorable-mention winners will
receive $50 certificates. Contact: LC, PO Box 329, Chestertown, MD
21620; (800) 344-3100 or (410) 778-3100; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.lamotte.com.

*Nov. 29—Science scholarships: Submissions are due for
the Science Talent Search, sponsored by Intel Corp. High school seniors
are eligible to compete for up to $1.2 million in scholarships and
awards. Applicants must submit reports of science-research projects.
Forty finalists will each receive a laptop computer and go on a
weeklong, expenses-paid trip to Washington to participate in the
Science Talent Institute. The first-place winner will receive a
four-year, $100,000 scholarship; second- and third-place winners will
receive scholarships of $75,000 and $50,000, respectively. Contact:
ISTS, c/o Science Service, 1719 N St. N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202)
785-2255; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.sciserv.org.

*Dec. 1—Art contest: Submissions are due for the Puffs
Back-to-School Design the Box Contest, sponsored by Puffs facial
tissues, a product of the Procter & Gamble Co. Students in grades
K-6 are invited to create a design with the theme "What I like best
about school." The grand-prize winner will receive a $25,000 U.S.
Savings Bond for college and a Gateway personal computer, along with a
digital camera for the classroom. Three first-place winners will
receive Gateway personal computers. Contact: Puffs, (800) 77-PUFFS; Web
site: www.puffs.com.

*Dec. 1— Literature contest: Submissions due for the
Letters About Literature 2001 essay contest, sponsored by the Library
of Congress' Center for the Book and the Weekly Reader Corp. Each
student must write a letter to an author, living or dead, explaining
how the author's work changed his or her thinking about the world. The
contest has two categories: grades 4-7 and 8-12. A national winner from
each category will receive $500. Contact: WRC, 200 First Stamford
Place, Stamford, CT 06912-0023; (203) 705-3500; Web site: lcweb.loc.gov/loc/cfbook
/letters.html.

*Dec. 1—Playwrights' festival: Submissions are due for
the Young Playwrights Festival, sponsored by Young Playwrights Inc.
Students age 18 or younger are eligible to write original, nonmusical
plays for the festival. Several plays will be accepted for production
at the festival, and 10 to 12 students will be invited to the YPI
Writers Conference, an intensive playwriting workshop in New York City
that culminates in professionally staged readings of the winning plays.
Contact: YPF National Playwright Competition, 321 W. 44th St., Suite
906, New York, NY 10036; (212) 307-1140; fax: (212) 307-1454; e-mail:
[email protected]; Web site:
www.youngplaywrights.org.

*Dec. 15Radio contest: Submissions are due for the Young
Producers Contest, sponsored by Earth and Sky Radio in conjunction with
the National Science Foundation. Teams of K-12 students are eligible;
each team must write and record a 75-second radio show on a science or
nature topic of its choice. Five shows will be chosen for broadcast on
the Earth and Sky Radio series. The winning team will share a $1,000
U.S. Savings Bond; each runner-up team will split a $500 Savings Bond.
Contact: YPC, PO Box 2203, Austin, TX 78768; (512) 480-8773; fax: (512)
477-4474; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site:
www.earthsky.com.

Nov. 1—Grawemeyer award: Applications are due for the
Grawemeyer Award in Education, sponsored by the University of
Louisville. The award, created to support ideas for improving
education, is paid in five, $40,000 annual installments. Contact: UL,
GAE, School of Education, Louisville, KY 40292-0001; (502) 852-3235;
Web site: www.louisville.edu/ur/onpi/
grawemeyer.

Nov. 1—Technology grants: Applications are due for the
ICPrize for Collaboration Through Technology, sponsored by the American
Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library
Association. Teams of school library media specialists and classroom
teachers may apply for $1,000 grants for travel to a state or national
conference or for the purchase of technology. Media specialists must be
personal members of the AASL/ALA. Up to five prizes will be awarded
based on the creativity, clarity, and completeness of the proposal and
on the effective use of Internet resources in the development of a
curriculum unit. Contact: ICONnect, AASL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL
60611; (800) 545-2433, ext. 4389; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: www.ala.org/ICONN/icprize.html.

Nov. 1—Target scholarships: Applications are due for
the Target Teachers Scholarship program, which recognizes full- and
part-time teachers and administrators working 20 hours or more at
schools participating in the Target Corp.'s Take Charge of Education
program. The company will award two $500 scholarships from each Target
store and 96 $1,500 Target district awards to teachers who want to
continue their education. Winners will be chosen based on their answers
to two essay questions. Contact: TC, (800) 316-6142; www.target.com.

*Nov. 15—Reading and technology award: Applications are
due for the 2001 Presidential Award for Reading and Technology,
sponsored by the International Reading Association and TLC School, a
division of the Learning Co. Inc., an educational software publisher.
One grand-prize winner will receive a laptop computer and $1,000 in
reading software from the company. The winner will also attend an
expenses-paid trip to the IRA's annual conference in New Orleans. Up to
seven regional winners from the United States, one winner from Canada,
and one winner from outside North America will each receive reading
software worth $500. Individuals may nominate themselves or others; all
nominees must be full-time educators who work directly with students
ages 5-18. Contact: Executive Office, IRA, PO Box 8139, Newark, DE
19714-8139; (302) 731-1600, ext. 221; fax: (302) 731-1057; e-mail:
[email protected].

Nov. 15—Science awards: Applications are due for the
2000 Gustav Ohaus Awards for Innovations in Science Teaching, sponsored
by the National Science Teachers Association and given to teachers with
innovative ideas for improving science education. One $1,000 prize and
one $750 prize will be awarded in each of four categories: elementary
school, middle school, high school, and college. Contact: NSTA-Ohaus
Awards Program, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201-3000; (888)
400-NSTA or (703) 243-7100; Web site: www.nsta.org.

Nov. 15—Women's studies grants: Applications are due
for grants from the American Association of University Women. Female
graduate students completing dissertations or seeking aid for
postdoctoral work are eligible for the American Fellowship, a $27,000
award given to an outstanding candidate whose work or research helps
women and girls. Eighteen Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships,
worth $27,000 each, will provide one year of support for doctoral
candidates in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural
sciences. Fifty-one Dissertation Fellowships of $15,000 each will be
awarded to women in the final year of a doctoral program; special
consideration will go to scholars writing about gender issues. Six
Publication Grants of $5,500 each will help women preparing research
for publication. Contact: AAUW Educational Foundation, Customer Service
Center, 2201 N. Dodge St., Dept. 60, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030; (319)
337-1716, ext. 60; Web site: www.aauw.org.

*Dec. 1—Best-practices award: Applications are due for
the national Best Practices 2001 award, sponsored by the Boyer Center,
a national education resource and research organization at Messiah
College in Grantham, Pa. This year's theme, "Building the School
Community: Parents as Partners," focuses on family involvement in
literacy activities. Three schools will each receive $10,000. Contact:
BCr, 1 College Ave., MC, Grantham, PA 17027; (717) 796-5077; e-mail:
[email protected];
Web site: www.boyercenter.org.

*Dec. 1— Research fellowships: Applications are due for
the 2001-02 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships for teachers' research on
improving education, sponsored by the National Academy of Education.
Individuals who hold a doctorate or equivalent degree in behavioral or
social sciences, the humanities, or education may apply. The degree
must have been earned between Jan. 1, 1995, and Dec. 31, 2000. As many
as 30 fellows will be selected. Full-time fellows will each receive
$50,000 for one year; part-time fellows will receive $25,000 annually
for two years. Contact: NAE, New York University, School of Education,
726 Broadway, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10003-9580; (212) 998-9035;
e-mail: [email protected]; Web
site: www.nae.nyu.edu.

*Dec. 5—Mathematics award: Applications are due for the
Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by the Mathematics Education
Trust of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. NCTM members
who are at least 55 years old and have at least 25 years of
distinguished service to mathematics education are eligible. Each
application should be supported by a letter of nomination, the
nominee's résumé, and up to five letters of
recommendation. Contact: MET, NCTM, 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA
20191-9988; (703) 620-9840, ext. 2113; Web site: nctm.org/about/met/lifetime.ht
m.

*Dec. 15—Astronomy award: Nominations are due for the
2001 Thomas Brennan Award, sponsored by the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific. The award honors someone whose work or teaching has had a
substantial impact on high school astronomy, Candidates must have
taught astronomy to high school students, organized workshops in
astronomy, or developed innovative courses, curricula, and science
programs aimed at the high school level. One winner will receive a $250
award, a plaque, and travel and lodging expenses to the ASP's annual
meeting in St. Paul, Minn. The winner will also write an article for
the ASP's Mercury Magazine or Universe in the Classroom
newsletter describing his or her work. Contact: Marilyn Delgado, ASP,
390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112; (415) 337-1100, ext. 100;
e-mail: [email protected].

Open dates—Pen pals: World Pen Pals promotes
international friendship and cultural understanding between young
people around the world. Students in grades 4 through college are
invited to request an overseas pen pal. Teachers may request a brochure
on class participation. Contact: WPP, PO Box 337, Saugerties, NY 12477;
(914) 246-7828.

Open dates—Student videos: CNN Newsroom &
WorldView, Turner Broadcasting's news and features program for schools,
airs student-produced videos. Students may submit reports of no more
than 2½ minutes on any topic, although they are encouraged to
focus on CNN's monthly themes. Participation is open to schools
enrolled in the CNN Newsroom & WorldView classroom program.
Contact: CNN Newsroom Program, 1 CNN Center, PO Box 105366, Atlanta, GA
30348-5366; (800) 344-6219; www.learning.turner.com.

*Dec. 1—Library grants: Applications are due for the
Baker and Taylor/Young Adult Library Services Association Conference
Grants, sponsored by YALSA, a division of the American Library
Association. Two librarians who work directly with young adults in
either a public or school library will receive grants of $1,000 each to
attend the ALA annual conference in Chicago. Applicants must be YALSA
members who have from one to 10 years' experience working with
teenagers and who have never attended the annual ALA conference.